INDIA SUMMARIZED

On 16 April 2010, inside the Barrackpur Sports Complex ground in the Warless Gate Royal Park area in the district of North 24 Parganas, both male and female players were practicing games. Some local Muslim boys (aged between 16 and 22), sitting beside the ground, have started whistling and taunting the female players of the club. Such eve teasing is a regular phenomenon there. Then the Muslim eve teasers asked a female player named Dona to give her and her friends (all girls) mobile numbers. Dona was scared. Somehow she fled from that corner of the ground. Then the boys started shouting ‘WE WILL GO TO YOUR HOUSES. WE’LL SIT ON YOUR BEDS, and WE WILL DO-------‘ Hearing this, the male players who were warming up there, protested. They too were slapped and thrashed by the hooligans. For self protection all the players took shelter inside the Club building. Then at around 6.15 pm, about 50-60 Muslim boys (age 16 – 22) came and entered the club building and ransacked the premises includin...

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WITH the worst behind and signs of positive demand for outsourcing and offshoring from the U.S. and European markets, which account for about 80 percent of Indian software exports, the IT industry is gearing up for a gradual recovery in the new year. But Indian IT industry still continues to face the problem of attrition, especially when companies are now offering strong pay packages to make up for the lost ground. What really drives employees to jump jobs? Is it only due to bad bosses or there are other reasons involved as well? SiliconIndia surveyed people from the IT industry to find out top 10 reasons why people quit their job in IT industry. While we were sure that organization and management play a crucial part in the decision, there were many other reasons as well which may have become more relevant in recent times. "While most people including the managers are of the opinion that majority of people leave because they are unhappy with their compensation, nothing could be fa...